Chris Noel is the mayor of Denali Borough and lives in the forested neighborhood of McKinley Village, which sometimes shows up as Denali Park on online maps. He’s very accustomed to the dual identity ...

Thursday introduced legislation that would officially designate North America’s highest mountain as Denali, the name bestowed ...

Senator Murkowski claimed that her bill was not a "political issue" because Alaskans from "every walk of life" have been ...

Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali ...

Alaskans living in the Athabascan community of Nenana will receive lifechanging broadband service, thanks to a Tribal ...

The FAA announced on Monday it will change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Mount Denali to Mount McKinley.

There was no recognition of the name Denali, or “the high one,” bestowed on the mountain in interior Alaska by Athabascan tribal members, who have lived in the region for centuries.

The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dibert, a Democrat who is Koyukon Athabascan. Members of that tribe bestowed the name Denali, or “the high one,” on the mountain in interior Alaska.

It measured about 3½ deep, researchers said. Dene, or Athabascan, is a language group stretching from the Alaska interior through Canada and into the American Southwest, according to the release.

Soaring 20,310 feet above the earth, the mountain, known for its extreme weather and sheer vertical rise, has long been a challenge for mountaineers and a sacred place for the Koyukon Athabascans, who ...